Proprietary software can modify FOSS applications preferences: Imagine its documentation is in HTML format or online, and that software needs relaxed privacy settings for your browser. It could make you modify these security/privacy preferences and, once proprietary software is removed, these preferences remain touched. Same as any other system-wide or user-profile settings.
El 17/4/19 a les 8:27, ma...@masonhock.com ha escrit: >> I thought there was something blocking non-free softwares, but it's silly >> because it's a restriction of freedom too. > > It might not be as easy or convenient to install non-free software on > Trisquel compared to other distros, and our documentation and community > don't support non-free software, but it's your system and Trisquel does > not restrict you from installing non-free software if you choose to. > >> If I remove those software aftwards, would my OS be free again or should >> I reinstall the os because some thirdpart applications corrupt it. > > There are two issues here: freedom and security. If you stop using a > non-free program and remove it, and it no longer has any influence on > your life, then freedom-wise everything should be fine. However, > depending on the program I suppose that it is possible security-wise > that it modified your system in some way that persists after removing > the program. I don't know enough about security to know whether this is > something to worry about with VirtualBox or JavaFX. > > By the way, Eclipse actually is free software and can be installed > easily from Trisquel's repository. >
